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KDITED BY JOSEPH M. QUENTIN".
SD SATISFACTORY have been the re.
hearals, both In prompt and regu
lar attendance and excellence of
eori work, that tiie second concert of
the season of 1J1I-13. of the Apollo Male
Chorus Club, to be held at the Masonic
Temple auditorium. Tuesday night at
S:SO o'clock, promises to be one of the
most brilliant of the series.. The so
loist. Madame Jna Herbst Wright, so
prano, will on that occasion sine for
the first time before-a Portland audi
ence. Perhaps none of the splendid
concerts jriven by the club during; the
five years since Its organization has
treated such a lively Interest In ad
vance aa this.
Those who hare had the privilege of
hearing Madame Wright sins; evince
such sincere admiration that tne mu
slcal people of the city are expecting
her appearance In concert to be
extraordinary pleasure. Her selections
for this programme are of the highest
artistic value, and give evidence of a
confidence born of remarkable capacity
and power. A larger share of the even
ing's numbers has been given her than
to any previous soloist on the Apollo
Club's programmes. Madame W right
had the highest advantages pos
sible in the German musical world, and
her sucress In the great cities of Ger
many In the greatest dramatic soprano
roles has been remarkable.
The -oncert programme Is: "Soldaten
Chor." from "Faust" (Gounod): "Heart
ache" Dvorak : aria. "Wle nachtemlr
der Schlummer." from "Per FerschuCs":
"Spring Song" (Gilchrist): "Lord of the
runderberg" (Brewer): (a) "Pie Mal
jiacht" (Urahmsi. (b) "Vilanella" (Dell
Arqua). (c) "Sonnet Michael Angelo"
(Taubert): (a) "About Clocks" (Ham
mond). b "Low-Back Car" (Humpb-rles-Moiloy):
aria. "Ah. fors e lul."
from Travlota" ( Verdi ): "Oh. Were My
Love Yon Lilac Fair" (Gaul): Omnipo
tence." soprano solo and chorus (Schu
bert). These choral numbers are of great
excellence. The "Omnipotence" is rap
turous In Its massive splendor, and with
the magnificent solo, supported by the
60 voices of the chorus, will probably
equal or even surpass the greatest suc
cess hitherto achieved by the Apollo
Club. The "lxrd of the D-mderherg"
ia the most ambitious number of the
chorus work. It relates an old legend
of the Hudson. In stirring verse, by
Arthur Guiterman. which gives oppor
tunity for every phase of musical ex
pression, and the music by John Hyatt
Brewer Is the greatest of his composi
tions. "Heartache" Is a gem pathetic, elo
quent a melody to haunt the mind for
years. The majestic "Spring Song. "The
Spring In wrath commences." rings
with the roar, of March and breathes
tile softer air of April, too. No com
position ever sunjr by the Apollo Club
has ever surpassed this in its Interest
for the men who stng It. and It has
Veen brought out to a perfection which
will demonstrate fully the high stand
ard of musical proficiency which the
club, has attained. Three lighter num
bers will relieve the programme, which
as a whole promises to be a musical
event of the greatest Interest.
The concert will be directed by Will
iam H. Boycr. and the" piano accom-
panlsts will be Edgar E. Coursen and
William C. MeCulloch.
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Tt Is seldom that such a distinguished
plaillst-organlst-lecturer as Bruce Cor
don Klngsley. of London. England, vis
its this city and sojourns in it nearly
one -week. Tomorrow night, at tne
, Lincoln High' School andltorium. Mr.
Klngsley will give the flrst of a series
of Ave music travelogues on Wagner'a
"Parsifal." Tuesday nlTht he will lec
ture on "Italy" and Wednesday night
mm "The Wagner Operas." At Wash
l1r.gton High School, Thursday night,
'he will lecture on "France." and Friday
night on "Faust." the series being un
der the auspices of the Portland Educa
tional Association. The 'proceeds will
be devoted to the funds of the associ
ation, a schoolteachers' organisation,
and one of the objects before It is to
raise money. with which It Is proposed
to start a series of lecture recitals In
this city next season, for teachers and
the general public. The plan has many
well-wishers who assure It. their ac
tive support.
Mr. Kingsley'a travelogues are each
Illustrated with 100 line colored scenes
containing views of singers, scenes
from operas and places named In them.
His talk Is descriptive, and he plays
piano excerpts from the opera under
discussion. In this manner Ills hearers
enjoy a lecture, atcreoptlcon views and
a concert, all at the same time, errand
operas are given In tabloid form.
A cousin of the late Charles Kings
lev. Bruce Gordon Klngsley, has had a
brilliant university career Cambridge
and London and he won wldo recog
nition as organist of the Alexandra
Palace. London, and began his duties
there as successor to the famous Fred
eric Archer. The position is one of the
most prominent In musical circles In
Great Britain, and could only be held
admittedly by an organist of first-class
ability. Mr. Klngsley says that the
form of popular entertainment so suc
cessfully pioneered in this country by
the late John 1- Stoddard, and so well
continued by Pwlght Elroendorf and
Burton Holmes, is made more Interest
ing by the charm of piano music char
acteristic of the country referred to In
tiie lecture. All the pictures shown by
Mr. Klngsley are painted by a distin
guished artist, represent a minimum
outlay of $;ooo. and each ia a master
piece. These pictures are reproduc
tions of performances given at the Met
ropolitan Grand Opera-House. New
York: Covent Garden, London: I -a
Sea la. Milan: Beyreuth, and other his
toric places.
. Mr. Klngsley Is a charming man to
meet, and he Is steeped In a veritable
atmosphere of music. In appearance,
he has tl-e distinguished air of a wide
ly traveled man of the world, a highly,
educated one and an authority on mu
sic. His face Is peculiarly sensitive,
and his voice agreeable. Born in Lon
don. England. Mr. Kingsley'a home Is In
Kpplng Forest, a haunt famous In Rob
In Hood's -days, and located within a
stone's throw of the maypole mentioned
In Pickens' "Barnaby Rudge." An In
timate friend of Alexandre Gullmant.
i,1 Paris, of Massenet, and known per
sonally, to Siegfried Wagner and such
like people of world-wide celebrity tn
the world of music. Mr. Klngsley Is one
of the most entertaining persons to
meet tn a decade. He is also Interested
in a plan to popularise grsnd opera In
large cities, by following the example
set by the Manners Grand Opera Com
pany. In England, where separate cho
ruses, recruited from ambitious ama
teurs, are trained in individual cities.
The principals are supplied direct by
tiie manager of the opera company, and
the plan la slated to be an Immense suc
cess tn England. That, however, is a
side issue with Mr. Klngsley. and at
present he Is engaged In giving his mu
sical travelogues.
The Eastern Star Board of Relief
gave a pleasant concert last Wednes
day night, and the programme was:
Contralto solo (selected). Mrs; R. W.
l.hmer. accompanied by Mlsa Cathe
rine Covarh; dance. Miss Laura Shay;
selection, "Madam Butterfly" (Puccini).
Webber Juvenile Orchestra; reading.
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PEOPLE ACTIVE IX A WEEK. OF
PORTLAND'S MUSIC.
' MI'S Oenevleve Findlay Peck, so
prano, special substitute soloist for
the vast two necks at the choir of
T.racle Beth Isrsel; Miss'Aints Flea,
soprano, aims at recital . tomorrow
nlaht In the . Columbia building;
Bruce Gordon Klnxsley. of London,
England, elves series of musical
travelogues, the nrt one UUtlni
place tomorrow nisht at Lincoln
Hlrh School; Ulai TJelma Waters,
contralto. " ar.d ChaHes -Swenson.
pianist. . took part In recital. Mult
nomah Hotel ballroom, last Wednes
day night.
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"Parliamentary Law." Miss Marie My
ers; song. Murkin Borkmsc and Har
lan Lame; violin solo.. Miss Merle
Moore: overture. "The Poet and Pjas
ant" Suppe-Odelle), Weher's Juvenile
Orchestra;, reading. -"The Story of Pat
sy" (Kate Wlggln). Mrs. Herbert Garr
Reed; baritone solo. "Song of Thanks
giving" and "Dawning." Lewis Frede
rick; Scottish dance. Miss Margaret
Mathle; violin solo. "La Ferenada"
(Metra). Miss Roxanna Wommelsdorf,
accompanied by Miss Alta Ring; read
ing. "An Old Sweetheart of Mine"
(Riley). Mrs. Ada Losh Rose; vocal solo,
(selected). Mrs. Robert Thompson, ac
companied by Miss Eva Ellis; Portland
Cecilia Ladles' Quartet.
The closing concert this season of
the Orpheus Male Chorus Club. William
Mansell -Wilder, director, will occur
May 7 at the Masonic Temple auditor
ium, with George Hotcbkiss Street, bar
itone, as soloist. Mr. Street Is a for
mer member of this chorus, and is now
on a visit from Paris. France, where be
Is engaged In singing and teaching.
There is a good deal of interest to hear
both Mr. Street and the Orpheus men,
and a first-class concert is assured.
Miss Ruby Helder. the London girl
tenor, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean
In order to sins; at a miislcale given by
Mrs. August Belmont, has left for her
home In England. She stated that she
expects to return next Winter, and will
be here long enough to give more
Americans a chance to hear her voice.
Miss Helder says that she does not
like to he considered as a freak merely
because she hns a voice which nature
never , intended her to have. She has
had her throat examined by many spe
cialists to find out what causes her pe
culiar tone, hut there seems to be noth
ing about It which is different from
other women except that her vocal
cords are slightly larger and stronger
than Is usual with her sex. She says
that though repeatedly urged to enter
vaudeville she will never do so, and
Intends to use her voice only for ar
tistic purposes. . "If the American pub
lic will only forget that I am a woman
and remember that it is a tenor voice
they are listening to."' said the young
singer. "1 think, i will be able to please
them.". .
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Dr. Muck nan just been, playing in
Boston the fifth symphony of the late
Gustav'Mahler. The Boston Symphony
Orchestra first played thev work dur
ing the season of I505-0S; after it had
been specially -revised .for -Mr.. Gerlcke,
who was then conductor. .by the-composer.
Dr. Muck and Mahler were in
timate friends. Mahler followed Muck
as conductor" In Prague -. when Muck
went to Berlin. An Idea of the.- diffi
culty of the work' may "be had from
the fact that the Boston Symphony Or
chestra, under Dr. Miick,- had no less
than nine rehearsals devoted entirely
to this symphony before.' tt 'was ready
for performance. ' .
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It Is definitely settled that Geraldlne
Farrar will ' create I. the title role in
Giordano's new opera "Madame Sana
Gene" at the Metropolitan Opera dur
ing the season of 151R-IS14. The opera
Is based on the play of the same name
dealing with the adventures of the fa
mous washwoman-Duchess at the Court
of Napoleon L which Madame Rejane
and Miss Ellen Terry played in this
country years ago. There is also a
possibility that Miss Farrar will essay
the role of 'Carmen." It la well-known
that both Mr. Gattl-Casasza and Mr.
Toscanlnl are anxious to, have her try,
and she has long cherished an ambition
to play the part.
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A musical by students was given
last Wednesday at the Ellsworth, un
der the direction' of Mrs. Edith M.
Smvthe. when this . programme was
creditably rendered: Duet. "The Rob
in's Lullaby," op. 15 (Krogmann), Mary
and Nellie Hegardt; "Gavotte" (Den
nee). Esther Whelean; "Lied." Op. 1 No.
4 (Krodolfer), "Love's Caprice" (Hln
keli, Thelma Mauck; "Menuetto" (Moi
art). Nellie Hegardt: "Aragonalse"
(Massenet). Mary Hegardt: "Dancing
Fairies' (Xagel). Ray Toomey; "The
Goblin" (Lemont), Ksther "Whelean;
"Gavotte Moderne," Op. 23 (Tours),
Thelma Mauck.
The Knights of Columbus Glee Club,
Luclen E. Becker, director, assisted by
Misses Anna Matschlner. Rose Friedle
and Helen Conlln. gave this programme
at Hillsboro, Or., last Monday night,
for the benefit of the Catholic Church
of that city, and won a pleasing suc
cess: "K. C. March Song" (L. E. Becker),
"Tara'a Harp" (Old English), "Off to
Philadelphia" (Haynes), with baritone
solo by Hugh Kennedy, Knights of Co
lumbus Gleo Club: soprano solo, "O,
Dry Those Tears" (Rlego). "April Morn"
(Batten), Miss Helen Conlln; baritone
solos, . "Dlo Possente (Gounod), "Kings
of the Road'' (Bevan), & A. McCart
ney; baritone solos, "At Nightfall"
(Metcalf). "Bedouin Love Song" (Pin
suti), A. B. Cain; contralto solos,
"Roesleln Auf Der Haide (Schubert).
"A Gift From. You (Valentine), Miss
Rose Friedle: ' tenor solo, "Soldier's
Song, from Maritana (Wallace), Albert
Glanelll; bass solos, "In Questa Tomba"
(Beethoven), "Pilgrim's Song" (Tschai
kowsky). Father W. J. Kane; piano
solo, "Concert Polka" (Bartlett). L. E.
Becker; tenor solos. "Beneath Thy Win
flow" (Dl . Capua). "Jest Her Way"
(Altken). A. J. Campbell; soprano so
los. "Serenade" (Schubert), "Rose of
My Heart" (Lohr), Miss Anna Matschl
ner: "Juanita," Spanish melody; ."Star
Spangled Banner," . Knights of Colum
bus Glee Club...
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E. O. Rudlo. tenor, has-been singing
with credit to himself, these last two
Sundays,- as a member of Calvary
Baptist Church choir. .
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Mrs. Lena W." Chambers entertained
the Vancouver, Wash., Ladles' Musical
Club at her home .last Monday night.
Violin and vocal solos were given by
Mr. and Mrs. Knight. Adeline. M. Al
vord read with good 'effect, "A Ken
tucky Race." and .Mrs. Chambers played
sevtral piano ..selections in., brilliant
style.
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The reception tendered' to Rev. and
Mrs. W. W. Grigsom last Tuesday night
at the Rose .City Park Clubhouse, was
. int.. . . . .1 . miA.0aafiil affair.'
n u i una ii l 1 1 - ..... ... -
Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs.
William 'If. Fry and Jasper Dean Mac
Fall, . who sang Morrison's "Oft W e
Wandered" and Gounod's , "Oh. Mo
ment That I Bless." which were en
thusiastically received. Mrs. Samuel K
Grover was the-accompanist, '.'
The past .season has been one of
great musical activity at the Sunnyslde
Methodist Episcopal Church. East
Thlrtv-fifth and Yamhill streets. Jas
per Dean Mac Fall, the director, of
music at this church, with Mrs. Samuel
P. Grover. organist, are planning and
rehearsing a programme for the next
of the series of monthly song services.
the eighth, of the present season, to
be given - next. Sunday night at. 8
o'clock, vhich will probably.be one of
the most interesting ever attempted by
this choir of 100 voices. .
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The members of the Monday Musical
Club will be admitted to the play given
by the German department Friday
night at the Lincoln .High School on
presentation of membership .caras.
The recital to have been given by
Mrs. Elsie Bond Btachoff, at the Hotel
viul'tnnmnh. tomorrow morning has
been postponed- -indefinitely.. .
A well -rendered programme of vocal
music was given- last Monday night at
the North Pacific Dental College, under
the direction of J. William Becner. me
Binrlnir of the College Glee . Club and
rh, Wmlncjdiv Women's Club was of
hlsrh order a.nd reflects much credit on
iho director. The soloists. Miss Hazel
Hardie. Miss Henrietta Holum, Arthur
Harbaugh arid Stuart McGuire, were all
in rnwl vnirn and received rousing en
core after each number. Mr. Belcher
will give another programme soon.
A. 'J. Campbell was soloist for the
Knights of . Columbus at Hillsboro last
Mondav night, and for the same order,
at St. Francis' .Catholic Church. Wed
nesday night. Thursday i. night, Mr,
Campbell sang, for the Holy Name. So
ciety. '
Miss Gladvs Morgan will give a pipe
organ recital at the First Christian
Church, May-13, assisted by Wells Lov-
gren. baritone soloist. '
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Miss Anna Bussert and Carl dant
voort. both well known In grand opera
circles, were married recently by Dr.
Courtney, of the '. Dutch Reformed
Church on' Thirty-fourth street. New
York City.' Charles F. O'Brien was
best. man and Mr. and Mrs. A.-J. Gant
voo'rt were among those present. Miss
Bussert and Mr. Gantvoort have been
principals in the Te Koven opera,
"Robin Hood." for the past -two sea
sons. She has been appearing as Maid
Marian and he as Will Scarlet. Miss
Bussert was. a pupil of Jean Ie Reske
in Paris. , . , ' '
At the Colonial Theater. New York
City, this week. .Marie McFarland. an
operatic artist, will make her American
debut after 12 yeers passed In Europe.
Miss McFarland is a native, of Den
ver and a daughter of Colonel Austin
McFarland. a railway official. .Her de
but In London was under the patronage
of Lady Ronalds.- In Paris she sang
In a number of operas, and the late
Helnrlch Conrled engaged her for the
Metropolitan Opera-house. His death
caused Miss McFarland to change her
plans and remain abroad.
Miss Helen Calbreath presented these
students in recital recently: "Blowing
Bubbles" (Orth), Francis Miller; "To
a Wild Rose" (Mac Dowell). and "Little
Fairy March" (Streaborg), Katherlne
Kubil; "Romance" (Rubinstein). Mar
garet Kneisley; Taplllons'" (Grieg),
Marion West: "Witches' Dance" (Mac
Dowell). Helen Lewthwaite..
' Mrs. G. T. Salmon will sing for an
offertory solo, "Fear Not, O, Israel"
(Dudley Buck) rhls morning at Mount
Tabor Presbyterian Church.
Miss Genevieve Flndley Peck, lyric
soprano, has substituted for Mrs. Rose
Bloch. Bauer for several services lately
as solo soprano at Temple Beth Israel,
and has won much commendation for
her excellent singing. Miss Peek, who
has studied also at. Lelpzic,- Germany,
will be presented by Mrs. Bauer in re
cital next month.
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Mrs. B. O. Carl, soprano soiolst,' has
been called to Salt Lake City, Utah,
where her father. Anton Pedersen, di
rector of the ' Philharmonic Orchestra
of that city, has been stricken with Ill
ness. It is expected' that Mrs. Carl will
be absent from home for several weeks;
Multnomah. ' Hotel ballroom was
crowded with people last Wednesday
night on the occasion of a piano recital
given by Charles Swenson, assisted by
Miss Thelma Waters, contralto, and
Christine Brakel, violinist,, and the
event was most, enjoyable. Mr. Swen
son is so finely equipped as a pianist
that he should play oftener in public
In this city. He is a master of the
moods of Grieg, and gave . a splendid
rendition of. the ."Sonata In E Minor."
Mr. Swenson plays with dash and bril
liance, and his musical interpretations
are all marked with fine musiclanly
flnlsh. Miss Waters -was In good voice,
and sang with much acceptance. Miss
Brakel. violinist, played with pleasing
success. All threes-Mr. Swenson, Miss
Waters and Miss Brakel were cordial
ly received, and each won encores. The
programme: "Sonata e minor," allegro,
andante, mlnuetto, finale (Grieg), Mr.
Swenson; "A Mlo Fernando." from "La
Favorlta" (Donizetti), - Miss Thelma
Waters: "Rhapsodie" (Hauser), Miss
Christine Brakel; "Nocturne" (Chopin),
"Valse" (Mosskowskl), "Berceuse"
(Schytte), "Butterfly" (Kitten). "Flat
terer" (Chamlnade), Mr. Swenson: "The
Cry of Rachel" (Salter), Miss Thelma
Waters: Aria from- "Thais" (Massenet),
Miss Christine Brakel;'- excerpts from
"Rigoletto". (Verdi-Liszt), Mr; Swenson.
The- Glee Club - of Jefferson High
School, Frederick- T. -Chapman, direc
tor, is busily preparing for the presen
tation of the opera "The Nautical
Knot," to be sung in the near future.
On account' of the marked success
gained by this glee club from its pres
entation of '"Pinafore" last year, keen
interest is being shown In the produc
tion of this year's opera. The sailors
In "The Nautical Knot," with stead
fast Rffection are true to their sweet
hearts in Barnstapoole. who are fickle
enough and, much to the disgust of the
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seamen, transfer their love to a group
of wanderlne artists. The ensuing, sor
rows and Joys which grow out of Jeal
ousles and plots, make up an intricate
nautical knot, and old Bill Salt ties and
unties it to his own great glee. The
chorus Is both brisrht and capable. The
cast: "Julia." The Belle of Barnsta
poole. Miss Fay Wentz; "Nance," Miss
Daisy Gibson: "Barnabas Lee." Harry
Kenin; "Joe Strout," mate of Bounding
Billow, Jack Frost; "Bill Salt," an an
rlnt murlner. Klbert Paul: "Jim Spray,"
Homer Edwards: "Ned Bluff." Paul
Blanchard: "Jack Brace," Harold Dem-
more; "Delia," Miss Helen Bracht:
"Daisy," Miss Madeline Brown; "Dora,"
Miss Nellie Springer. -
Mr. and Mrs. John Claire Monteith
chaperoned a party of students to the
Julia Culp concert. last Thursday night.
Preceding the concert Mr. Monteith
gave a short talk on the appreciation
of Miss Culp's art and the technical
side of her work. Next season Mr. Mon
teith plans to have a concert club
among his students whose members will
studv programmes to be given by vis
iting artists and attend the concert!
together, as students.
A special musical programme has
been arranged for the second annua)
May festival exercises held at Pilgrim
Congregational Church. Saturday night,
at 8 o'clock. William Lowell Patton
Is directing the programme and will
be assisted by Misses Harriet and Flor
.n t.ea-ch. Merle Woody, Verna Smith,
Genevieve Stinsman, Margaret Moore,
Sadie Thompson, Flora ranerson; m.a.
F R, Pullen.and Harvey Hudson, Eu
gene Stelnmeti. C. A. Hadley, Charles
Stldd. Clarence H. iSprague and W.
Jones, in addition to individual solos,
there will be a selection given by the
quartet of the Sunnyslde Congregation
al Church. "Don't You Mind the Sor
rows" (Cowles). The entire chorus will
sing "The Evening Wind" from "Sam
son and Delilah" (Saint-Faenf . The
Amicltian Girls' Chorus will render
"The Urchin Song" (Langley).
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John Claire Monteith will present
several students in an mion
recital tomorrow night in the Columbia
t,iMinr and those who win men ay-
pear on the programme are Miss Agnes
Fles. soprano soloist at the Rose City
Park Presbyterian unuren, -ui,n
member of the vested choir
at Trinity Episcopal Church; Will Gra
ham, baritone sollst at nose "
Presbyterian Church, and the Monti
choral trio, whose memoera -"
Christine Olson, soprano soloist and
director at the Portsmouth Congrega
tional Church. Miss Agnes Fles and
tlss Verna Smith, contralto soloist at
.h rentenarv Methodist Church, with
Lowell E. Patton at the piano. An
1 nMnn Will IUliLw , lie .
1UI 1 1. a . . .
dition of the programme.
Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer is consider
ing an j-ffer she lias receiveo. 10
at a concert at Everett, Wash., the
latter part of May. She resumed her
duties, after her short Indisposition, as
no soloist and director of the
Temple Beth Israel choir, at last Fri
day niirht s service, and sang with her
usual ability, to the dellgnt ot ner
many friends.
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Llll Lehmann's "Persian Garden" will
.,,. hv the Reed College chorus
Mav 29. Two of the soloists engaged
are Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer
Delphine Marx.-
in-
ren-
and Mrs.
This programme was given with
marked , success at the installation of
the new pipe organ last Friday night
at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Salem,
Or by Frederick W. Goodrich, organ
ist' Miss Anna Matschiner, soprano;
Miss Rose Friedle. contralto, and S. A.
McCartney, baritone: "Organ Concerto
in B Flat" Handel); "With Verdure
Clad,": "Creation" (Haydn), Miss Anna
Matschlner; "Nocturne In G" (Frysing
er). "Teach Me to Pray" (Jewitt). Miss
Rose Friedle: . "Angelus." "Scenes Pit
toresque" (Massenet). "Pro Peccatls.
"Stabat Mater" (Rossini), Mr. McCart
ney; "Briday Song." "Wedding Sym
phony" (Goldmark), "Quls est Homo."
"Stabat Mater" '(Rossini), Misses Mat
schlner and Friedle: "Barcarolle."
"Fourtn Concerto" (Sterndale-Bennett),
"Ave Maria" (Leoncavallo), Miss Mat
schlner; "The Answer" (Wolstenholme),
"Hosanna" (Granler), Miss Friedle:
"Reve Charmant" (G. de Lille). "Fear
Ye Not, O Israel" (Dudley Buck), Mr.
McCartney; "Pomp and Circumstance"
(Elgar).
'..
A splendid rendition of Gorlng
Thomas' "The Swan and Skylark." un
der direction of G. Rawson Wade, took
place at the Christian Church. Eugene.
Or, last Tuesday night, preceded by a
concert. Robert Bolce Carson, tenor,
of this city, assisted, and sang with
such artistic success that he was en
gaged for a return concert at Eugene
tomorrow night. Mr. Wade Is an able
and much-liked cjioral director. Mr.
Carson sans; these concert numbers:!
"The Monotone" (Cornelius) ; "Die Lotus
Blume" (Schumann). "A Widow Bird'
(Lidgey), "Heart's Fancies" (Gorlng-
Thomas), "The Star" (Rogers), "Sad
Memories" (Downing), "Recompense"
(Hammond). The , Swan and Sky
lark" programme: Introduction, with
bass solo. "A Grecian Poet I," G. Raw-
son Wade; chorus, "Mid the Long
Reeds"; tenor solo, "Summer! Sum
mer!" Robert Boice Carson; chorus, "O
Life and Love, Farewell"; alto solo,
with chorus. "Thus Flowed the Death
Chant On," Miss Louise Yoran; chorus,
"Filled With That Sound"; chorus. "The
Summer Is Come," with solos for so
prano, tenor and baritone, Miss Daisy
Gilbert. Mr. Carson and Mr. Wade.
.
Mary Garden is a beautiful person
of many moods, and she Is a perfect
mine of the unexpected, in an inter
view. Here is a breezy talk by Miss
Garden, recently printed In the Kansas
City Times:
"I visited the Federal Penitentiary at
Leavenworth. Kan., and It is more like
a hospital than a prison. It is lovely.
I can imagine a person liking to live
there If a person didn't really have to
do it. It Is nothing like the prisons in
France and England. They are terrible.
It Is good for some persons to be shut
up in a prison. It gives them time to
think. In France, when a man commits
murder because of justifiable jealousy,
the authorities are lenient with him.
Here they put him in prison for life.
They shouldn't do that. Jealousy is an
awful thing, hut it Is human, and every
human belntr has It. When a woman
tells me she is not Jealous. I laugh. It
will develop and come out some time
But it is a pity that the show of
natural jealousy should put a man be
hind bars for life. -
"I liked my concert tour two years
reto when I had my private car. It is
much different on this tour. The odor
of a train makes me ill. I'm always
glad when I get to the end of a jour
nev. When I was on tour In my own
car I had a colored cook who served me
hot waffles three times a day. I adore
hot waffles. You couldn't always get
them on the dining cars: not every
cook knows how to make them.
"One more week In the United States,
then I hurry home to Paris. Then I'll
sret to see my dogs. I love dogs I love
animals of all kinds. But I never travel
with doers not four-legged ones. I am
to introduce the role in 'The Jewels of
the Madonna' In Paris, May 20. Paris
hasn't heard it yet. So you see I have
a lot of hard work ahead of me.
"I love Chicago more than any city
In tho United States. Perhaps It Is De
cause I went to school there when I
was a girl. I like all the United States
west of Chicago, but with the exception
of Boston and' Baltimore I do not care
for the East. The people of the West
are different They are what you call
'boosters.' I like that. They are ner
vous, always on the go, take an inter
est In life. I like that. Kansas City
hoa a wonderful spirit. I noticed It
when I was here before, and I've no
tlced It today. There's something in the
it- that makes a person want to be
active, to make the most of one's op
portunities. Kansas City is what I call
a nervous city.
"The West is more up to date than
the East. The Western people demand
the very latest in opera and everything
else. They are my sort of people. I
love the plains, I adore the mountains,
but I detest the seashore. Oh, I detest
It! I take my vacations In Switzerland,
high up in the mountains, incognito,
where I can rest. At the end of a pea
son my nerves are all on . edge. The
mountains build me up.
"I've never had a good photograph
taken except a snapshot. I loathe pho
tographers. When 1 go to a studio I
lose all my animation . and my face
looks dull. I cannot help it. I never
look natural in a photograph. A pho.
tographer expects me to dress in cos
tume at his studio and look like well,
Thais, for instance. How can I? I'm
not Thais then, only plain Mary Gar
den. I'm not Thais except on the stage
when I am singing the role. But you
can't explain all that to photographers.
They haven't Intelligence enough to
understand."
Alice Nielsen, soprano, was one of
the soloists at a concert given by the
Pittsburg Male Chorus at Pittsburg.
Pa., last Friday night, the principal
work rendered being Max Bruch's
"Frithlof." . Several of the numbers
sung were: "Ave Maria" (Bach-Gounod),
"Songs of May" (Van Der Stuck
en), "Klllarney" (Teasdale). "Three
Fishers," dedicated to the Pittsburg
Male Chorus by Carl Elliot Martin, its
first presentation; "An Evening Lulla
by" (Wilfred Shaw); "Keep a-Goln"
(Jacobson), and "De Coppah Moon"
(Harry Rowe Shelley).
When Caruso comes to England soon,
he is likely to find himself more or less
out of it. His engagement at Covent
Garden Opera House, for the first time
In seven years, or since the monkey
house episode in tho United States,
holds good, of course, but whether
many engagements lor private con
certs will come his way is a question.
Human operatic 'song birds aa a mat
ter of fact, are at a discount in Lon
don at present, society having recently
discovered and doveloped a craze for
real song birds, which, in response to
a nod of the head of their proud own
ers, will warble you the "Toreador's
Song" from "Carmen." the "Soldier's
Chorus" from "Faust" or an aria from
"Tannhauser" as accurately as Caruso
himself could sing it.
The songsters thus gifted are bull
finches who received their operatic
training In Germany and a firm of bird
dealers in London has made a specialty
of them for several years, but accord
ing to the proprietor It is only within
the past couple of seasons that these
feathered Melbas and Scottls have beeii
taken up by swelldom. Now, however,
the demand for them in May fair so far
exceeds the supply that of a fairly
large consignment of grand opera art
ists in cages which arrived in Decem
ber last only one remains In the Sloane
Street shop, this being a feathered per
former of "Fra Dlavolo."
The trainers of these operatic warb
lers are German cobblers, who pipe se
lections to them while they (the cob
blers) are making shoes. They collect
young bullfinches from their nests in
May and whistle to them until Decem
ber. The .birds hang about their. In
structors in CRges, and tt is only tne
sharpest of them who pick up the
tunes. In a school ot birds tnero ocms
usually many dunces.
The finest artists among them sell
from $25 to $50. Each bird has a rep
ertoire of two tunes.
...
V The annual election of officers of
the Oregon Chapter, American Guild
of Organists,- will be held at 1 o'clock
this afternoon, at the office of the sec
retary. 617 Eilers building. The pres
ent officers are: Dean, Ralph-W. Hoyt;
sub-dean, Frederick W. -Goodrich; sec
retary. Daniel K. Wilson, and treasurer.
Carl Denton. This committee has been
nominated for the examination in mu
sical subjects of candidates, in this
city: William R. Boone and. Luclen E.
Becker.
...
Two effective numbers "Spring Beau
ties" (Chadwick) and "Carmena" (Wil
son) were sung at the luncheon of the
Transportation Club held at the Mult
nomah Hotel last Tuesday by a chorus
of 30 women's voices, under Mrs. Rose
Coursen-Reed's direction. Miss Florence
Jackson was the accompanist.
. . .
Recent soloists at the Tuesday After
nooh Club, Mrs. Rose Coursen-Reed. di
rector, have been: Miss Alta Hayward,
Miss Christine Denholm, Miss Bess
Goodhue, Miss Lois Else, Miss Jennie
Donnell, Miss Hazel Koontz, Mrs. J. H.
Tuttle, Miss Iva Lyon. Miss Gertrude
Hoeber. Miss Minnie Meyer, Miss Helen
Stribllng-Davis.
"Parsifal," the music drama of Rich
ard Wagner, will be given'1 in scenic
and dramatic form tomorrow night, by
Dr. Clement B. Shaw, in Christensen's
Hall. It will be introduced by a pro
logue of 60 views, embodying the old
romance of "Parsifal," by AVolfram von
Eschenbach, and explanatory of much
that would be obscure in the Wagner
Ian work. Carl Grlssen, violinist, ac
companied by Grant Gleason. -pianist,
will play an Introductory violin solo.
.
Miss Rosa Blackmore, the English
pianist, who will appear In concert at
the Multnomah Hotel ballroom May 8,
is an artist who has lately Identified
herself with Portland musicians. In
London and Leipzig and other large
music centers of Europe, and also in
Canada, Miss Blackmore has scored
many successes. Her first concert In
Portland was a great success. In her
concert May 8 she will play the "Etudes
Symphoniques" (Schumann). "Spinning
Song" from "Flying Dutchman ag-ner-Liszt);
a Chopin group, "Liebe
strausse Impromptu" and "Twelfth
Rhapsodie (Llsztl. Aaron H. Currier,
baritone, will sing a charming song
cycle. "EUland" (Alex von Flelltz). and
R. J. Hutchinson will bo the accompanist.
...
'I understand that the young man In
the house next to you is a finished
cornetlst?" "Great! Is he? I was just
screwing up my courage to finish film
myself! Who did It?" Houston Post.
ROSA BLACKMORE
(The English Pianlste)
IX CONCERT,
Assisted by Aaron If. Currier.
K. J. Hutchison, Accompanist.
MULTNOMAH HOTEL
BALI. ROOM,
THIRSDAV KVKMXIi, MAY 8,
AT 8l30.
Tickets l at Sherman, Clay & Co.